Hair drying and curling comb.



J. (JOHN.

HAIR DRYING AND OUBLING COMB.

APPLIOATION FILED O0T.12, 1914.

L1 31 mm Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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HAIR DFYYING AND CUELING COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1%115.

Application filed October 12, 1914. Serial No. 866,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAoK CoHN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Drying and Curling Combs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a comb, more particularly to one that is adapted to be heated to serve as a hair drier or hair curler, as the case may be.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this type that is simple, durable, and which can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or in other words one that is not so diflicult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

@ne of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a section taken through a comb constructed in accordance with the I present invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation,

partly in section, of the comb portion of the implement; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a detail of construction.

Tn the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the comb portion of the implement. This comb portion is formed of a heat-conducting material, such as metal, and comprises the usual teeth 11 and a hollow back 12. The teeth and back are made of one integral piece, the hollow back being formed by bending the material of the body of the comb beyond the teeth into tubular shape, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The outer end of the cylindrical chamber so formed is closed by a cap 13, that may be soldered to the back, or attached thereto in any suitable manner. Parallel to the body in which the teeth of the comb are out are formed in the hollow back 12 two lines of perforations 1-1, one line on each side of the body, and as close thereto as the structure will permit, so that said perforations lead as nearly parallel as possible to the body portion of the comb. It is obvious that the comb now described could, instead of being formed by stamping, be cast just as well. llnto the hollow back fits a heater 15 in the form of a cylindrical rod, that is made of iron, steel or any other suitable material, and is attached to a handle 16 of non-conducting material, such as for instance wood. For this purpose one end of said rod is materially reduced in diameter and tapered, the said tapered portion, denoted by the numeral 17, being driven into the handle. ()ver the inner end of the handle is drawn a sleeve 18, and through this sleeve, the

handle and the reduced portion 17 of the rod extends a pin 19 for properly securing these elements together. The sleeve 18 proj sets a substantial distance beyond the inner end of the handle, thereby forming a socket 18, and in this projecting portion of the sleeve is out a longitudinal slot 20. The inner diameter of the sleeve is somewhat larger than the outer diameter of the hol low back 12 of the comb, and so is the width of the slot 20 larger than the thickness of the body portion of the comb.

When the comb is to be used either as a drier or as a curler, the rod 15 is heated to a suflicient degree necessary for the purpose, and is then placed within the hollow back 12 of the comb. The inner end of the hollow back of the comb is seated in the socket 18 and the body portion of the comb adja cent thereto in the slot 20, to prevent a rotation of the comb in relation to the handle 16. The heat of the heater is transmitted to the comb which is thus ready for use as a hair drier or as a hair curler. Through the perforations 14 heat will radiate substantially parallel to the back of the comb toward the teeth and the hair therebetween, thus hastening the drying operation.

T/Vhat I claim is 1. In an implement of the character de scribed, the combination with a comb having a hollow back, of a heater adapted to be inserted into said hollow back, a handle attached to said heater, and a sleeve upon said handle, said sleeve projecting a distance beyond the end of said handle and having a longitudinal slot therein, the projecting section of said sleeve being adapted to receive a portion of said back and said slot a portion of the body of the comb to prevent rotation of the latter relative to said handle. I p

2. In an irnp'lement of thecharacter described, the combination with a comb*having a hollow back, of a heater adapted to be inserted into said hollow back,a handle attached to said heater, anda sleeve upon said handle,-said sleeve projectinga distance beyond the end of said handlean'd having-a longitudinal slot therein, the projecting section of said sleeve being adapted to receive a portion of said back and said slot a portion of the body of the comb to preventfiotation -of the latter relative to said handle, said hollow back being provided with perforations that extend in substantially parallel relation to the body of said comb and are located as near as possible to'said comb body.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 7 th day of Got, A. 'D. 1914.

JACK COHN. Witnesses Mosns S. GOLDENBERG, LEON NOBEL;

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